1. What meaning must we attribute to the words flora di Sicilia?. We think that the best
updated flora, as far as concerning Sicily, is "Sandro
Pignatti, Flora d'Italia, Vol. I, II, III, Edagricole, Bologna
1982". On this basis we give here the floristic list about
which we have said in the first item. However since 1982 we have
had several findings of new taxa in Sicily, moreover some others
have been redefined. Also nowadays some exotic and adventitious
ones, not growing here on 1982, are spread everywhere. Therefore
it is necessary, as far as possible, to update the old pignattian
data. This has been done in the file which we are discussing on:
it contains plants growing in Sicily according to the state of
art of floristic knowledge on 2000.

2. The page entitled Piante nuove della
Sicilia extracts all new plants
from the list discussed in item 1 and gives for everyone many
integrative particulars. In other words for everyone we have a
specific archive-form, in which we report its binomial name, the
name of its recorder (or of its author if it is a taxon new for
the science), the locality of finding, the year in which it was
found (or in which it was descripted), the journal (or book) in
which the news was published. The curator thinks to enrich this
item by an iconographic addition.

3. The new records by the curator
page contains some works of floristic interest published by the
curator (they are in integral version).

4. Has somebody seen it? concerns
plants unknown to the curator. He will be grateful to that
persons who shall indicate him some localities in which someones
among this species live. They can address some messages to his
E-mail: girogiar@wabi.com

5. The page Extinctionstreats about plants
or already extinct or heavily endangered and therefore in a
serious danger of extinction. We give a list in permanent
updating (we hope!).

6. The Bibliography concerns all
already published in the world about plants growing in Sicily.

PROGRAMS. We want, in the nearest future, to open a section
concerning the History of Sicilian Botanics. We shall appreciate
contributions by friends of ours and scholars interested to this
field of studies. The Filippo Parlatore's portrait reproduced at
the bottom of this page remember us our promise.